UPDATED: FEB 9, 2014 The pour is deep black and the head is frothy, creamy, and dark tan in color. Aroma of roasted malts, vanilla, raisins, chocolate fudge, oak, and tar. It’s a shame it’s so subdued, because it’s phenomenal upon close inspection. The taste is quite interesting: it starts out bitter from the roasted malts, then turns into delicious dark chocolate, and culminates with a dark note, a little like soy sauce, a little like earth, and a little like ashes. The mouthfeel is substantive, with a full body and prickling carbonation. Alcohol more implied than felt.

Bottle from Uba ja Humal in Tallinn. Bottled 7.5.14. Near black. Head beige, not exactly big, but retains as a thin layer, leaving no lacing. The aroma is thick cocoa-chocolate-coffee-toffee-raisins-plums, some tar and ash... wonderful... Tastes as fckn nice. Or even better. It’s so sweet yet not overly so, it’s somewhat boozy but the alcohol is not very overpowering, it’s really pleasant in this mix. Some burning bitterness in the finish. Nice thin graininess on the palate, body heavy, palate vinous and chewy, carbonation present but nearly unnoticeable. This is a really nice brew.

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